Verizon iPhone 4 parts leaked?

A video was recently posted to YouTube from a firm called GlobalPartsDirect. In it they show what appears to a new iPhone 4 design–what could be the Verizon (CDMA) iPhone 4 or possibly, as they call it, the iPhone 5.

Of course none of this is even remotely confirmed (or confirmable) but they have a 5-minute video up with what is either a leaked handset or a convincing fake, complete with the metal frame and interior components. They take the supposed iPhone apart and compare it to a legitimate iPhone 4 noting internal changes as well changes to the antenna. You can see below that a gap in the antenna looks to have been moved–from the highly problematic spot on the lower left hand corner to above the mute switch.

Smartphonemedia has posted a image comparing the gaps in the external antenna, note the extra one on the handset’s right side (last image):






Strangely the new device has a micro-SIM slot, just like the iPhone 4, which means it’s either a global CDMA device or it’s not for Verizon at all. The new design also has 4 antenna breaks, as opposed to 3 in the iPhone 4.

Rather than getting further into the analysis let’s keep in mind that as convincing as this might be we’ve all seen too many fakes to take this without a grain of salt. The timing is perfect–right when the CES news is heating up and everyone is talking about Android phones–which could be evidence for or against it, but let’s not get too excited just yet.